Late Paleozoic and Triassic plume-derived magmas in the Canadian Cordillera played a key role in continental crust growth

Chemical Geology

Volumn 201, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 55-89

  Lapierre, Henriette ^a   Bosch, Delphine ^b   Tardy, Marc ^c   Struik, Lambertus C ^d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

^b UMR 7327   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE SAVOIE   (France)

^d GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canadian Cordillera; Geochemistry; Oceanic crust; Oceanic plateaus; Plate tectonics

Indexed keywords

ACCRETION; MID-OCEAN RIDGE BASALT; OCEAN ISLAND BASALT; OCEANIC CRUST; PALEOZOIC; TERRANE; TRIASSIC;

CANADA; CANADIAN CORDILLERA;

EID: 0141959708     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0009-2541(03)00224-9     Document Type: Article

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